Shade and curtain hanger



' '.'1 1-927. Aug P. O.'LOWERS SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER Eiled Aug. 23,1926 2 ShbetS -Shee t. l

' Inventor. J 0. lowers,

Attorney Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERRY 0. LOWERS, 0F FREIDONIA, KANSAS.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shade andcurtain hangers and has for its primary object to provide a device thatmay be rigidly secured to the frameof a window, and that is soconstructed as to facilitate the hanging of both a shade and curtain.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter that is readily adjustable to window frames of various widthsand that is further so constructed as to permit of the adjustment of theshade holding bracket after the device has been secured to the window.

Other objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention i sbetter understood, the same comprising the novel form, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings wherein hke reference characters lndicate correspondingparts {throughout the various views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a window equipped with mynovel shade and curtain hanger, the curtain hanger being removed.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof disclosing the curtain hanger inposition.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of the hanger fordisclosing more clearly the means for facilitating the longitudinaladjustment of the device so as to permit the association of the samewith various widths of window frames.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view of the hanger takensubstantiallyupon the line 4e4 of Figure 3 for more clearly disclosing one of themeans for facilitating the detachlable association with a generallyconventional form of curtain rod therewith.

Figure 5 is a similar View taken substantially upon the line 5-5 ofFigure 3 for disclosing more clearly one of the shade roller bracketsthat forms a novel part of the pres ent device.

Figure 6 is a horizontal section taken substantially upon the line 66 ofFigure 5 for more clearly disclosing the association of said bracketwith the hanger as well as the means for permitting of the longitudinaladjustment of the bracket with respect to the hanger, and

Figure 7 is a transverse section taken substantially upon the line 7===7of Figure 6 for .the strap 10 thereon.

SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

Application filed August 23, 1926. Serial No. 130,951.

disclosing more clearly one of the units of orisin the window frame Awhen said bars are forcibly moved together.

At the inner end of the bar 5 the top edge thereof is toothed as at 9while slidably arranged upon the toothed portion of this bar is a strap10, the upper end of which is formed with a slot 11. Arranged forvertical slidable movement upon this strap 10 is a much narrower strap12 that is formed at its upper end with a depending lip 13 that projectsdownwardly through the slot 11 in said strap 10. The strap 10 is formedupon its bottom side with a depending extension 14: arrangedtransversely through which is a pin 15 to one end of which is rigidlysecured a small finger lever 16 while the opposite legs of said strap 12are secured at their lower ends eccentrically to said pin 15 as isdisclosed inoFigure 7 Obviously, by the swinging of the lever 16 intothe posi tion disclosed in Figure 3, the strap 12 will be forceddownwardly upon the strap 10 in order that the lip 13 will engage theteeth 9 of the bar 5 so as to prevent the movement of Opposite movementof the lever'will disengage said strap lip from the teeth and permit thefree sliding movement of the strap 10 upon said bar.

Pivoted to one side of the bar 6 at the end thereof adjacent themechanism just described is a finger lever 16' to the extreme lower endof which is pivotally connected a link 17 that is in turn pivotallyconnected at its opposite end to the strap 10. It will be apparent thatafter the strap 10 has been released and the bars opened or closed tosecure the desired length, it will be first necessary to lock the strap10 to the bar 5 and then arrange the hanger in proper pm anion upon thewindow frame. 1 M

ii: movement of the lever 16 direc ion of the,arrow'disclosed in Figure3 will cause the-bars 5 andi6 to be furtl-ier-brought together forfirmly binding the hanger to the window frame.

Rigidly secured to thebars 5 and"6"at their front sides andadjacentutheir outer It willthus be seen that I have providedailiighlynovel, si'mple andeliicient form of combined shade and curtainhanger that is well adapted for all the purposes heretoforedesignatedand'eventhough I have herein shown and described the inventionas conends and in slight spaced relation w'iththe bars are curtainrodebrazckets -18:18 -the upper edges of which are formed withvertical-slots 19 so 'as to facilitate the attachment of the inwardlybent outerends of a conventional form of adjustable curtain rods 20,which is of generally conventional construction and therefore a specificdescription of the rod'is" believed unnecessary.

Directly inwardly of the curtain rod bracket lS upon each of the bars-5-and 6 the respective'bar is*fo med with a plurality of longitudinallyspaced transversely extending slots 21; Mounted for limitedlongitudinalsliding. movement upon each bar within the area of saidslots 21 are peculiarly constructed brackets 22, each in the form of ametallic plate, the opposite ends of which are bent over'the opposite ecges of the respective bar-as indicated by the reference characters 23,in Figure 5. The material forming these brackets is bentinwardlyand"then laterally outwardly to provide apair ofspa'cedplates 24-241,between which is pivotally *disposed a bracket plate 25' that is formedin" one instance withanopening', and in: another in stance with a'slotfor receiving-the usual rounded andjflat pintles upon the opposite endsof a conventional'spring shade roll-er as di'sclosed inFig-ures 1 and 2.y Y

Theinner ends of these brackets 25 are rounded as indicated bythereference character 26, saidrounded inner ends extending throughslots'in "the plates forming said brackets '22; As more clearlydisclosed iirFigure 5, these brackets 25 are eccentricall'y pivotallyconnected between the plates 242 l and by swinging the same upwardly theinner ends of th'e brackets wi'll be'releasedfrom the slots'21 inthe'bars'ti and-6 and consequently the brackets may be longitudinallyadjusted upon said bars. Each bracket 25 is formed at its inner end "andat itslower edge with a linger 27 'for'bearing agai-nst'the particularbracket plate-'22"for limiting tliedownward swinging movement thereof. a

The pivotal connection between-the plates 2424cand the respectivebracket member '25 is in the form of a headctahdthraadedbolt 28 upon thethreaded en'd'ofgwhich isa nut 29; Surroundingthe boltbetween the nutand theadjacentbracket plate '24 is anexp'ansible coi-l'sprin 30 for;maintaining the plates 24 -2 in frictional engagement with the bracket25 so as'to prevent-the accidental ,swinging movei'nent of the same withrespect thereto.

sisting ofcertain detail structural elements itsisnevertheless to beunderstood that some changes may be made therein without affectingwthe'spiritand scope of the. appended claims.

: Having thus described the inventionywhat I claim new is 1 1 In acombined shade-and curtain hanger of'the-classdescribed a pari'r of barsslidably interconnected, means at the-outer ends of the -ba-rs"forbiting engagement with the sides of a'window frame, means whereby thebars may be'ini'tially loosely secured in predetermined adjustedrelation, said: means comprising a strap member slidable along one-ofthe bars and adapted for locking engagement onthe bar'inanyadjusted'posi tion', additional: means :for-dra ing: the bars inwardly to apredetermined'degreeso' that the outer ends of the bars will bite intothe sides of the windowframey and "shade brac ets arranJgedon thebars.

2. In a combined shade: and curtain hanger of barsslidab-ly.interconnected;means at' the outer ends=of the bars for bitingengagement with-the sidesof the VWIDClO W frame; theupper' edge of theone ban-being toothed, a strap member slidable' along the toothed barandhaving slot formed in the top thereof, an auxiliary strap disposedabove the aforementioned strap and r eccentricallypivoted at its lowerend to the lower end "portion of' the first mentioned strap, a dog atthe top of the-auxiliary strap adapted for movement through theslotformed-lin the-top -of the first mentioned strap, whereby saiddog-inlay; engage the 'teeth on' said bar for locking'the straps-againstsliding movement along. the'bar, whereby the barswill be initiallysecured in predetermined" adjusted rel'ationg second'ary means fordrawing: the bars inwardly. to a predetermined "degree so that theouter-ends of the bars will bite into the sides of the window-frame, andshade brackets arranged upon'thc bars at the outer ends thereof: 1

In combined shade and curtain hanger, a pair of bars slidablyinterconnected, means at the outer ends of the'bars for biting.engagement with the sides -of 'thewindow frame; the upper edge-of onebar being toot'l-ied a strap. "meinber sli'dable along the toothed b ar:and-having a slot formed in the top thei-eofflan auxiliary strap:disposed above the-Faforemen'tioned strap and eccentrically pivoted atits lower end to'thelower end portion f of the first mentioned strap, adog at thetop of *the' auxiliary 'strapadapted for movement through theslot formed in the top of the first mentioned strap, whereby said dogmay engage the teeth on said bar for locking the straps against slidingmovement along the bar, whereby the bars will be initially secured inpredetermined adjusted relation, a lever pivotally secured adjacent itslower end on the inner end portion of the other bar, a link connectingthe lower end of said lever to the first mentioned strap, said lever andlink cooperating with the strap for securing the bars rigidly togetherin predetermined adjusted relation, and shade brackets arranged on thebars.

4. In a shade bracket of the class described, a bar for attachment to awindow frame, said bar being formed with a series of vertically spacedslots, a shade bracket unit slidably arranged upon the bar, said bracketunit comprising a plate, the upper and lower ends thereof being disposedlaterally and then inwardly for engagement over the upper and loweredges of the bar, the side portions of the plate being bent laterallyand then forwardly to provide a pair of spaced wings, a shade rollersupporting bracket plate pivotally secured between said wings, the upperedge of said last-mentioned plate being rounded and adapted to extendthrough a slot formed in the first mentioned plate and into one of theslots formed in the bar, and a depending finger formed on the lowerinner edge portion of the second mentioned plate to abut the firstmentioned plate for limiting the downward swinging movement of the shaderoller supporting plates.

5. In a shade bracket of the class described, a bar for attachment to awindow frame, said bar being formed with a series of vertically spacedslots, a shade bracket unit slidably arranged upon the bar, said bracketunit comprising a plate, the upper and lower ends thereof being disposedlaterally and then inwardly for engagement over the upper and loweredges of the bar, the side portions of the plate being bent laterallyand then forwardly to provide a pair of spaced wings, a shade rollersupporting bracket plate pivotally secured between said wings, the upperedge of said last mentioned plate being rounded and adapted toextendthrough a slot formed in the first mentioned plate and into one ofthe slots formed in the bar, and a depending finger formed on the lowerinner edge portion of the said second mentioned plate to abut the firstmentioned plate for limiting the downward swinging movement of the shaderoller supporting plate, and means for holding the wings in frictionalengagement with the respective sides of the pivoted plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PERRY O. LOWERS.

